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How ERP enables traceability in the automotive parts and accessories industry

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Globally linked economies, tight competition, and emerging markets all force constant review of production goals, suppliers, and long-term strategies. Examples include: Supplier Traceability – Evaluate the scope required to incorporate traceability of suppliers and their products entering the organization. Operational efficiency.

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The role that ERP systems can take in helping IM&E

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The industrial equipment and machinery (IM&E) industry needs to start looking at solutions that will handle change in key elements of the supply chain, production operations, and shipment activities without being disrupted. The adoption of digital strategies is a major feature of new strategies that manufacturers are planning.

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ERP for mixed-mode manufacturing

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Discrete manufacturing makes distinct ‘things’, process manufacturing makes ‘stuff’ (for example, fertilizer). Operating and planning for mixed-mode production is complex and requires an enterprise system that specifically caters for the unique process and issues of mixed-mode manufacturing.

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What is Supply Chain Visibility and Why Isn’t It Enough?

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In a survey of 150 global manufacturing executives, 47% committed to improving supply chain visibility and tracking. According to the Global Supply Chain Disruption and Future Strategies Survey Report, this goal was the top-ranked planned tool investment. This example illustrates why supply chain visibility isn’t enough.

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How manufacturers can adopt a sustainable supply chain

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Extend what is already made – repair and maintain products to maximize their lifetime; implement a return strategy when applicable. Information from the BOM can help companies trace and report on the percentage of recycled materials that make up the final product sold to customers.

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Savvy Supply Chain Leaders Aren’t Letting a Good Downturn Go to Waste

Logistics Viewpoints

That’s shorthand for a supposed future state when pandemics, natural disasters, political conflicts – pick your disruption du jour – have receded into the background and our supply chains can once again operate in a relatively stable environment. Normalcy is no more. “The Reduced working capital. Faster order-to-cash.

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6 Benefits of Effective a Reverse Logistics System & The 9 Core RevLog Metrics to Track

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As part of this process, the company should develop procedures for analyzing return rates and tracing the returns back to the root causes. Measures such as amount of product to be reclaimed and resold as is, or percentage of material recycled, are examples of such metrics. And the nerve center of any such operation is the warehouse.